Economist Shamubeel Eaqub says KiwiBuild will have to change and might be better off building social or rental houses if it's to reach its goal of 100,000 houses. "People have really misunderstood KiwiBuild, it's such a complicated thing. It's a complete distraction,"...
Young developer's fresh take on housing. A 28-year-old entrepreneur believes his $1 billion south Auckland housing project will be held up as a "blueprint" for future developments. Land developer Charles Ma, an Auckland-born Kiwi of Chinese descent, through his...
“Access to public buildings is a basic human right and New Zealand building legislation supports this. The Buildings for Everyone guide encourages building owners and designers to consider the needs of all users of public buildings right from the start,” says Jenny...
Number of homes contracted and committed: 10,160 with thousands more planned in our Large Scale Projects. Number of homes completed: 47 with 236 more homes under construction Number of homes contracted and committed for completion by 30 June 2019: 293 (Some contracts...
Jessica*, who is a nurse, and her builder partner bought a piece of land in Auckland at the end of 2016 for $220,000 with the dream of either putting a transportable house or kit-set type home on to it. But two banks and two mortgage brokers later she has virtually...
The publications are available at the following link: http://www.hnzc.co.nz/our-publications The Statement of Performance Expectations, originally due in July/August; does not appear to predict any significant impact in the current financial year (to June 2015) of...
More than 220 housing units have had free insulation or thermal curtains installed through the Council–CEA partnership, with that number expected to increase to 500 units before end of June next year. Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee Chair...
As the government moves to sell off more than twenty thousand state houses, many church groups and Iwi say they are keen to take them on. But they want the properties at a discount and they don’t want to lumped with the dumps. Radio New Zealand’s Housing...